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A type of landscape featuring natural formations that are the functional equivalents of theme park rides: Waterfalls, mountain torrents, glaciers or icebergs double as water slides, plot-sensitive erosion has created rock or snow formations that act as rollercoaster tracks or bobsled runs, complete with [[Ramp Jump|Ramp Jumps]]s, giant water lilies serve as trampolines or at least provide a fun and bouncy way to cross a stretch of water, hanging vines can be used as ropeways, swings, for bungee-jumping or Tarzan-style transportation and so on...

Alternatively, the setting can be industrial or urban, as long as the environment invites misuse as a carnival ride. This can be both [[Benevolent Architecture]] or [[Malevolent Architecture]], depending on your viewpoint and if you [[Wasn't That Fun?|liked]] [[I'm Not Doing That Again|the "ride"]] or intended to take it in the first place.

Related to [[Skate Heaven Is a Place Onon Earth]]. [[Rollercoaster Mine]], [[Ramprovisation]] and [[Lily Pad Platform]] are subtropes. No relation of [[Theme Park Version]].

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* ''[[Ice Age]]'': Perhaps most [[Egregious|Egregiously]]ly, in the second movie there's actually a freestanding ice formation shaped like (and used as) a water slide complete with water mysteriously flowing from its highest point.

* The [[Rollercoaster Mine]] in ''[[Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom (Film)|Indiana Jones and Thethe Temple of Doom]]'', most obviously.

* Neverland in ''[[Hook (Film)|Hook]]''.

* In Disney's ''[[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]]'' the winding, moss-covered branches become a sort of jungle skate park for the Ape Man to do some sick moves.

** On any console, really. ''[[Sonic Adventure 2 (Video Game)|Sonic Adventure 2]]'' even has a ''highway'' with loops and jumps.

** ''[[Sonic Colors (Video Game)|Sonic Colors]]'' takes this to literal extremes with giant amusement park levels, such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMLrpnjwyTU Planet Wisp], which is one in progress.